Sustainable Forest Management, Biodiversity and Livelihoods: a good Practice Guide

Positive impacts of forestry

• Yet, forestry management has evolved considerably in past decades, demonstrating significant positive impacts for biodiversity conservation, while also delivering social and economic benefits to host communities.
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• Sustainable Forest Management (SFM): The General Assembly of the UN has adopted the most widely, intergovernmentally agreed defition of SFM as: a dynamic and evolving concept aims to maintain and enhance the economic, social and environmental value of all types of forests, for the benefit of present and future generations (UN 2008, Resolution 62/98).
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